Municipality
Jesenice, which is part of the gorenjska statistical region, measures 76 km2;
this ranks it 88th among Slovene municipalities.

Statistical
data for 2015 reveal the following:

In
the middle of 2015 about 20,950 people (about 10,500 men and 10,450 women) were
living in the municipality, which ranks Jesenice 17th among Slovene
municipalities. The population density was 276 people per square kilometre,
which was higher than the national average of 102 people per square kilometre.

The
number of live births was lower than the number of deaths, which means that
natural increase per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was –1.4
(in Slovenia 0.4). The number of people who moved from the
municipality was higher than the number of people who moved into the
municipality, so net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative.
It was –7.2. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population
in the municipality was negative. It was –8.6 (in Slovenia 0.6).

The
mean age of people in Jesenice was 43.2 years, which was higher than the
national average (42.6).

As
in most Slovene municipalities, in Jesenice the
number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 126
people, aged 65 or more, per 100 people aged 0–14. This ratio shows that the
value of the ageing index was higher than the national average of 123. It also
shows that the mean age of people in Jezersko is growing more rapidly than in
Slovenia as a whole. Data by sex show that the ageing index for women was in
all Slovene municipalities higher than the ageing index for men. In Jesenice –
as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or
less; for men the situation was the same.

In
the school year 2015/2016 basic schools in Jesenice were attended by about 1,650
pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 650
pupils. There were 30 students and 6 graduates per 1,000 people in the
municipality; in Slovenia the averages were 39 per 1,000 and 9 per 1,000,
respectively.

Among
people aged 15–64 (i.e. working age population) about 57% were persons in
employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self–employed persons), which is
less than the national average (58%).

The
registered unemployment rate was 10.8%, which is less than the national average
(12.3%). As in most Slovene municipalities, more women than men were
unemployed.

In Jesenice,
average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were
approximately the same as the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia;
and net earnings about 15% lower.

In 2015,
there were 405 dwellings per 1,000 population. About 45% of dwellings had at
least three rooms. Average size of dwellings in the municipality was 66 m2.

Every
other person in Jesenice had a car (46 passenger
cars per 100 population); cars in this municipality were on average 9.4 years
old.

In
2015, 358 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Jesenice, which is 43
kg more than on average in Slovenia.